For the 30th anniversary of the Sue Rose Summer Institute for Teachers, the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture’s Louise and Donald Cowan Center will declare 2013 the “Year of the Teacher.” Louise Cowan will be the keynote speaker for the event, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, 2501 Flora St. in Dallas. The Sue Rose memorial plaque will also be dedicated. Admission is $15. Call 214-871-2440 or see dallasinstitute.org.

District 5, Oak Lawn, West Dallas, Wilmer, Hutchins and portions of east Oak Cliff; currently represented by Lew Blackburn.

District 7, north central Oak Cliff and parts of West Dallas; currently represented by Eric Cowan.

Candidates may pick up filing packets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Administration Building, 3700 Ross Ave.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

DCCCD seeking

The Dallas County Community College District, in partnership with NASA’s Community College Aerospace Scholars program, will accept 46 students from its seven campuses for an aerospace program. The program includes interactive, Web-based learning activities and an April 17-19 visit to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The deadline to apply is Friday. Visit cas.aerospacescholars.org.

Richland receives tool and machine grant

Richland College received a $15,000 grant from the North Texas chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Foundation to provide the college’s annual science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, summer camp for middle and high school students. This year’s camp will be in June and July. Contact Brian Fleming at 972-238-6321 or bfleming @dcccd.edu.

Collin College opens Spring Creek library

The Spring Creek Campus of Collin College opened a two-story library that creates a new front door for the campus facing Jupiter Road. The building has 16 classrooms, a mock trial courtroom, dozens of study rooms and more. The campus is at 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano.

UNIVERSITIES

Well-Contested Sites

UNT to host festival honoring Janácek

The International Janácek Festival and Conference will be Wednesday through Saturday at the University of North Texas. The event, which honors the late Czech composer Leoš Janácek, will include eight concerts, a pre-concert lecture series, classroom seminars and the premiere of a one-act opera of one of the composer’s works. See unt.edu.